Re: Linux firewall

[Denis Dimick <denis () dimick net>]

Peter.. I have to agree with you on IPCop.. Have been running Smoothwall 
for almost a year.. IPCop is a much better solution

On Wed, 18 Jun 2003, Peter E. Johnson wrote:

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> Gary,
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> For a linux firewall, I'd would go with IPCop www.ipcop.org , which is a 
> linux distro dedicated to being a firewall and intrusion detection(snort) 
> distro with good VPN and DMZ support, which I imagine you want, and don't 
> have the time and resources to fool with doing it all by hand. There is 
> lots of documentation in many languages and has good community support.
> Securityfocus has a good article on it, even tho its an older version.
> http://www.securityfocus.com/infocus/1556
>
> If you have more questions, you can post them on
> http://ipcop.hopto.org/
> or
> http://www.security-forums.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=19
>
> Cisco Netranger is ok, but reporting functions aren't that great.
>
>
> Peter
>
> p.s. I wonder if the other guys can read, or just preach BSD to everyone.
>
> > Spencer, Gary  TRI-S INC (spencerg () dtc army mil) wrote:
> >
> >
> > Hello everyone. I have been following the discussions for a few months now
> > and enjoy the technical information that everyone has to share. What would
> > your recommendations be for a Linux firewall? And would you use a 50,000
> > Cisco firewall instead??
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Gary.
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